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Gill Brook Trail follows the brook quite closely, occasionally winding away briefly but returning to allow many waterfalls views ... In 20 you reach a V-shaped falls sheltered in a little gorge where rock walls create a beautiful deep glen; One of these trails was named Artist's Falls ... Upstream, water chutes down a lovely slide, sparkling the rock surface to make another falls.

The trail pulls away from the brook briefly before returning to another falls. Climbing moderately beside the brook you reach a long narrow chute that pours over square ledges. Upstream a lovely slide, then another falls over square rocks, before the trail pulls away from Gill Brook. Finally, at 1.3 miles, you reach an intersection, not obvious in this direction because the Bypass Trail makes an acute angle back right. One hundred yards beyond the intersection with the Bypass Trail, you reach a second intersection marked Indian Head either way. (The way right is a second possible return route via Indian Head trail.) For this hike, stay left or straight and immediately cross a tributary of Gill Brook. The cliffs on Dial Mountain are visible through the trees. The trail starts steeply through an area with lots of trailwork and stairs and blowdown and climbs to a ridge way above Gill Brook -- 15 minutes and 0.5 mile later, at 1.8 miles you reach a third intersection and the return route for this hike.

Turn right on this trail leading to Fish Hawk Cliffs and Indian Head. This section features a great overlook of the Ausable Lakes, the Great Range, and the face on Indian Head. From the Gill Brook Trail, climb slightly and cross a small stream in 0.45 mile, 10 minutes. You cross the AMR boundary on level land, just before cresting a hill. The trail heads up slightly, to the ledges on top of Fish Hawk Cliffs. Slides make identifying slashes on the famous Great Range peaks. A lower ledge offers the best view of Indian Head.

Descend slightly, heading north from the top of Fish Hawk Cliffs, 0.25 mile and eight minutes from Indian Head. Traverse in deep woods in a col, not far from a pool known as Wizard's Washbowl. Continue directly uphill, for a steep 160-foot climb to the top of the Indian's Head and the most wonderful views down the Ausable Lakes. Snowy and Vanderwhacker mountains mark the skyline beyond the deep lake cuts; Colvin and Sawteeth slope steeply into the Lower Lake.